…finds favour with family and friends.

Phil lives on the side of a hill overlooking beautiful green pastures in a lovely valley in Wyong Creek an hours drive north of Sydney. He has spent the last seven years converting an old post office into a delightful house for his his wife, three young children and two trusty old dogs.
He runs the Central Coast Traditional Chinese Medicine. He can do everything from driving a tractor or back hoe to delicately placing an acupuncture needle.
Having taken delivery of SDM034, he learnt to use the Argo Navis and ServoCAT in one night and is now keenly waiting for some clear dark moonless skies to do some deep sky observing searching out all those elusive fuzzy nebula and galaxies.

Phil recons: “I am 100% happy, no make that 150% happy with the scope!”

– Steve Kennedy has ground and bevelled the 32″ mirror – the focal length is hitting 115″
– Carl Zambuto has the 14″ mirror out of the annealing oven and is proceeding to grind the mirror using a cast iron tool.
– Peter Read has just returned from Sydney where he delivered Phil’s 18″ and upgraded Andrew Murrells 25″ Obsession and Rod Berry’s 20″ SDM. Rod is reported to have said that the love affair with his “Mary Rose” has been rekindled!

At SDM the customer is always right and there is no  better proof of this than when Anna and John wanted something a little  different. So it was out with the old and in with the blue, and as you can see  the result is stunning – just like the images that this compact produces with  its premium grade Galaxy optics. SDM#028 is as unique as it is beautiful.

Than when a happy customer pens a testimonial:

“This is a testimonial to the commitment and quality that comes with purchasing an SDM scope. After acquiring my 14.5” f/4.7 classic I am pleased to say that the craftsmanship and attention to detail is second to none…” Read it in full.

Thanks Norman!

SDM024 for Steve Fildes of South Australia uses a 15” specially crafted mirror by Mark Suchting.

It’s more of a hybrid than a strict ultra compact as it retains the 8 poles and fully baffled secondary cage of the classic while employing the lighter and more compact virtual Mirror Box and low slung Rocker Box. This scope is fully loaded with ArgoNavis and ServoCAT but can be lifted into the rear of your car….no need for ramps.
Set up ready to observe in 2 minutes… no need to line up or support any components. Collimates in seconds and stays bang on all night!
The bottom line:

Views – Great, Stability – Great, Portability – Great!